# I wanna open a pdf from flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-wanna-open-a-pdf-from-flash/253804>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-wanna-open-a-pdf-from-flash/253804 "2008-03-05T10:16:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Curby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Curby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Curby)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-wanna-open-a-pdf-from-flash/253804/1 "2008-03-05T10:16:06Z")

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I want the original flash page to stay open after I’ve opened the pdf… can you help

The script I have so far is:

on (release) {  
getURL(“whatever.pdf”, “\_blank”);  
}